Wildfires in Miri earlier this year caused the air pollutant index to go beyond 300.
MIRI: Landowners will be held wholly accountable for haze and air pollution resulting from fires on their land.
Under a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which was unveiled on Tuesday, the landowners will be compelled to prevent and suppress all fires on their land or face legal consequences.
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